Job Description

Job title : QPS - Software Test Engineer Location: Pune
About Barclays Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Risk and Control Objective Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.
Working Flexibly
We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you're a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager. Introduction: The Automation Test Engineer supports the Markets Pre-Trade Tech in the APAC region to accelerate product development by developing automated and manual tests in order to achieve Continuous Delivery of product. The successful candidate would have hands-on automation experience in building and maintaining the automating the test cases using the proprietary Barclays Test Automation Harness, which is a test automation framework written in Java, as well in delivering manual test scenarios to accomplish a testing excellence service for Barclays.
What will you be doing?

• Overall accountability for the delivery of the QA Automation for Electronic, DMA, and Market Connectivity Applications.
• Interaction with Compliance, Operations, Business analysts, Development team and QA engineers to gather delivery requirements for building the test automation cases and facilitate flawless product deliveries.
• Management of the test automation effort including the roadmap, task assignments, evaluation, reporting to senior management etc.
• Close collaboration with development teams to achieve continuous delivery.
• Ensuring that manual and automated testing efforts are delivered within established strategy and overall maintenance of programs/applications to verify that the program functions according to requirements and established guidelines.
• Support of Test automation effort across QA, UAT phases of new releases SUT (System Under Test)
• Continuous improvement on stability of test environments by close collaboration with Development and Support team.

What we're looking for:

• Strong understanding of Functional/automated testing techniques
• Experience Programming in JAVA
• Proven track record in automating test cases for complex trading systems.
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and Continuous Integration Process.
• Experience working in a Linux environment

Skills that will help you in the role

• Proven experience in working in the Investment banking, working with directly with Traders and Desk Heads

• Understanding of APAC Market Micro Structure
• Good knowledge of Linux
• Agile software development methodology
• Degree in Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Where will you be working? Pune
Be More at Barclays At Barclays, each day is about being more - as a professional, and as a person. 'Be More @ Barclays' represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It's the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are. Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details. Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term. Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Respect We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution. Integrity We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do. Service We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do. Excellence We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference. Stewardship We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure. Challenge Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints. Drive Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.